4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Celebrate the New Year with a Good Luck Pig! 4 years ago Leo S
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3 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Twelve Grapes: a New Year’s Eve tradition of scarfing down 12 grapes for good luck 4 years ago Danilo
4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Legends and superstitions of Appalachian Christmas (and Old Christmas) 4 years ago Leo S
5 min read Food Holiday, folklore and Traditions Hoppin’ John: a traditional Southern dish for New Year’s Day 4 years ago Leo S
4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions What are the 12 Days of Christmas, and what do they mean? 4 years ago Leo S
3 min read Art and Photography Holiday, folklore and Traditions Merry Christmas! A short history of Creepy Victorian Christmas Cards 4 years ago Leo S
5 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions A popular Ukrainian Christmas tradition: Didukh (and how to make it) 4 years ago Adam
6 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Shamans, Goddesses and the pagan origins of Santa Claus 4 years ago Leo S
3 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Doe, a Deer, a Female Reindeer: the spirit of Winter Solstice and Mother Christmas 4 years ago Leo S
5 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions The magic of lost Brittany’s Christmas Traditions 4 years ago Danilo
4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Legend of the Nisse and Tomte – Scandinavian domestic sprites and their modern counterparts that you don’t expect 4 years ago Leo S
4 min read Myths and Legends Rusalka: the history behind mythical Slavic Mermaid 4 years ago Danijel90
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3 min read Myths and Legends The Dullahan – Headless Horseman of Celtic Mythology 4 years ago Danijel90
4 min read History Necropants and other extraordinary tales of 17th-century Icelandic sorcery 4 years ago Nathan
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7 min read History Myths and Legends The spooky science of haunted mirrors and superstitious mirror mythology 4 years ago Leo S
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3 min read Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries Timbac Mummies of the Philippines: “fire mummies” housed in mountainside caves. 4 years ago Danijel90
3 min read Myths and Legends Hodag: the outlandish story of Wisconsin’s mythical beast 4 years ago Leo S
4 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Weather Does the moon affect weather? Lunar folklore, moon magic, weather lore and science 4 years ago Leo S
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5 min read Myths and Legends Weather What is a Rainbow? Myths and legends throughout history 4 years ago Leo S
5 min read Travel The Iron Pillar of Qutub Minar, the 1,600-Year-Old ancient wonder that refuses to rust 4 years ago Robin
4 min read Myths and Legends Bean-nighe, the Washerwoman of Death of Scottish Folklore 4 years ago Leo S
4 min read People, mysteries and stories The macabre story of Sawney Bean, Scotland’s most famous cannibal 4 years ago Leo S
3 min read Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries Dwarfie Stane, Britain’s only example of a rock-cut tomb 4 years ago Nathan
5 min read Holiday, folklore and Traditions Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky? 5 years ago Leo S